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Updated July 30, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

SAINTS AT THE RIVER By Ron Rash

When a young girl drowns in South Carolina's Tamassee River and her body lodges under a stone shelf that cannot be reached unless the river is dammed, a culture war breaks out. On one side are the parents of the girl and a developer who is eager to see the river tampered with for his own reasons. On the other are a group of environmentalists and local inhabitants who want to see such lovely...